Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Wictory Wednesday

Wictory Wednesday is a blogroll dedicated to promoting candidates who profess true conservative principles. The management of this blog do not necessarily endorse any particular candidate, the candidates are chosen by the different bloggers involved in the blogroll. We do however support any candidate who is willing to stand on principle.

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This week Wictory Wednesday is supporting the reelection of Jean Schmidt to the House of Representatives.

Congresswoman Schmidt is a supporter of private property rightsagainst the rising level of abuse of eminent domain by cities andstates. Emiment domain is the widely criticized practice by which localgovernments kick you out of your home, pay you a (now very deflated)price for your house, and then hand it over to big business. Some ofthe rampant abuse of eminent domain has had governments pay only $1 forproperty worth over a million, and the City of New London charging"back rent" for citizens who exercise their legal rights andchallenged the city's eminent domain action in court. CongresswomanSchmidt is commited to ending the abuse of local governments bycurtailing eminent domain.

Representative Schmidt has been a strong proponent of fiscalresponsibility and has cosponsored legislation to give the President aline-item veto to help curtail the abuse of earmarks tagged on tolegislation. She also understands that part and parcel of cutting taxesis reducing spending, not increasing it.

Lastly, Representative Schmidt understands that a nation worthy ofthe title of nation must secure it's borders. This is not to say alllegal immigration should be stopped, but it should be a matter ofcommon sense that immigration should be regulated and orderly. While itmay be difficult to craft a a solution to illegal immigration, it does not follow that an open-borders, full amnesty, and large payoff to illegals is the way to go.

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